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WPT Alpha8: Level 10 Report

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Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 500 ante
Players: 10 of 21

Level 10 at the World Poker Tour Alpha8 $100,000 super high roller event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open saw the exit of both Brandon Steven and Daniel Perper. We are now down to two tables of five players remaining in the tournament. Play will stop tonight if we reach the final eight or at 1 a.m. Perper was taken out by Jason Mercier when his A-J was dominated by A-Q on a preflop shove. Brandon Steven met his end on a three-way all in. His pocket aces were ahead of the pocket jacks of Matt Glantz and the pocket tens of Philip Gruissem, but the flop brought a jack to take out Steven.

Jason Mercier is down a little bit to 340,000 but he still holds the chip lead. Matt Glantz and Joseph Cheong now round out the top three with stacks close to 250,000.

Table 89

Seat 1: JC Tran – 220,000 (73 bb)
Seat 2: Jeff Gross – 130,000 (43 bb)
Seat 3: Bill Perkins – 200,000 (83 bb)
Seat 4: Jason Mercier – 345,000 (115 bb)
Seat 5: Isaac Haxton – 205,000 (68 bb)

Table 90

Seat 1: Matt Glantz – 250,000 (83 bb)
Seat 2: Phillip Gruissem – 80,000 (26 bb)
Seat 3: Daniel Alaei – 225,000 (75 bb)
Seat 4: Joseph Cheong – 240,000 (80 bb)
Seat 5: Steve Silverman – 200,000 (66 bb)

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WPT Alpha8: Level 8 Report

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Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with a 300 ante
Players: 14 of 21

Level 8 at the World Poker Tour Alpha8 $100,000 super high roller event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open saw the exit of Chris Klodnicki in 15th place. On his final hand Klodnicki shoved all in with pocket queens against Jeff Gross, who called him down with As Kc in the hole on a board reading Kh 5d 3c 5c 4h. Klodnicki was eliminated on the hand and Gross grew his stack to 177,000.

Jason Mercier continues to put on an impressive display of consistency as the chip leader with 343,000 but JC Tran is getting pretty close to catching up with him. Tran holds 336,000. The short stacks are Matt Glantz (42,500)  and Daniel Perper (55,000).
Table 89

Seat 1: JC Tran – 336,000 (168 bb)
Seat 2: Chris Klodnicki – Eliminated
Seat 3: Matt Glantz – 42,500 (21 bb)
Seat 3: Jeff Gross – 177,000 (88 bb)
Seat 4: Bill Perkins – 225,000 (112 bb)
Seat 5: Daniel Perper – 100,000 (62 bb)
Seat 6: Jason Mercier – 343,000 (171 bb)
Seat 7: Isaac Haxton – 73,000 (36 bb)

Table 90

Seat 1: Brandon Stevens – 55,000 (27 bb)
Seat 2: Phillip Gruissem – 95,000 (47 bb)
Seat 3: Dan Shak – 65,000 (32 bb)
Seat 4: Daniel Alaei – 148,000 (74 bb)
Seat 5: Joseph Cheong – 163,000 (81 bb)
Seat 6: Erik Seidel – 94,000 (47 bb)
Seat 7: Steve Silverman – 229,000 (114 bb)

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WPT Alpha8: Level 7 Report

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Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante
Players: 15 of 21

Registration has now been closed for the World Poker Tour Alpha8 $100,000 super high roller event and the total number of entries is 21. Late arrivals included Philipp Gruissem, Chris Klodnicki, Brandon Steven and rebuys from Daniel Alaei, Isaac Haxton and Daniel Perper. The most recent elimination is Tom Hall.

The total prize pool was set at $2,026,500. The top four players will make the money and the champion will take home $891,660 in prize money. Here is a look at the full prize pool.

1: $891,660
2: $526,890
3: $364,770
4: $243,180

Jason Mercier remains the chip leader after the dinner break with 350,000 and JC Tran is next largest stack with 255,000. Short stacks in danger of exit include Matt Glantz (50,000) and Dan Shak (65,000).

Table 89

Seat 1: JC Tran – 255,000 (159 bb)
Seat 2: Chris Klodnicki – 100,000 (62 bb)
Seat 3: Matt Glantz – 50,000 (62 bb)
Seat 3: Jeff Gross – 140,000 (87 bb)
Seat 4: Bill Perkins – 158,000 (131 bb)
Seat 5: Daniel Perper – 100,000 (62 bb)
Seat 6: Jason Mercier – 350,000 (218 bb)
Seat 7: Isaac Haxton – 100,000 (62 bb)

Table 90

Seat 1: Brandon Stevens – 105,000 (65 bb)
Seat 2: Phillip Gruissem – 100,000 (62 bb)
Seat 3: Dan Shak – 110,000 (68 bb)
Seat 4: Daniel Alaei – 100,000 (62 bb)
Seat 5: Joseph Cheong – 110,000 (68 bb)
Seat 6: Erik Seidel – 95,000 (59 bb)
Seat 7: Steve Silverman – 195,000 (121 bb)

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Mukul Pahuja Leads the Final 21 Players Into Day 4

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Day 3 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10 Million Guaranteed Main Event began with exactly 100 players, and after five levels of play, the field is down to 21.

Mukul Pahuja leads the way with 8,125,000, followed by Blair Hinkle with 6,550,000. Other notables still alive include WSOP November Niner Amir Lehavot (4.9M), Justin Bonomo (4.2M), Mark Radoja (2.9M), and David Sands (2.8M).

Day 4 begins tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:00 noon. Here are the official chip counts by table and seat. If you’d like to see the full list in chip count order, check out our Chip Counts page.

TABLE 1
Seat 1.
Seat 2.
Seat 3.  Griffin Arnold  –  1,600,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4.  Mukul Pahuja  –  8,125,000  (135 bb)
Seat 5.  Griffin Benger  –  4,670,000  (77 bb)
Seat 6.  Larry Klur  –  2,600,000  (43 bb)
Seat 7.  Dan Dyke  –  1,140,000  (19 bb)
Seat 8.  Chris Johnson  –  1,050,000  (17 bb)
Seat 9.  Samuel Bernabeau Guilabert  –  2,295,000  (38 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Amir Lehavot  –  4,895,000  (81 bb)
Seat 2.  Greg Lehn  –  1,490,000  (24 bb)
Seat 3.  Krystal Seiling  –  1,315,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4.  Panagiotis Nifakos  –  2,625,000  (43 bb)
Seat 5.  Ryan Olisar  –  5,745,000  (95 bb)
Seat 6.
Seat 7.  Blair Hinkle  –  6,550,000  (109 bb)
Seat 8.
Seat 9.  Mark Radoja  –  2,930,000  (48 bb)

TABLE 3
Seat 1.  Zach Zaffos  –  2,135,000  (35 bb)
Seat 2.  Justin Bonomo  –  4,215,000  (70 bb)
Seat 3.  Jacob Viccellio  –  1,495,000  (24 bb)
Seat 4.
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  Ray Qartomy  –  2,580,000  (43 bb)
Seat 7.  David Sands  –  2,850,000  (47 bb)
Seat 8.  Derrick Cutler  –  5,345,000  (89 bb)
Seat 9.  Jeremy Kottler  –  5,275,000  (87 bb)

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Aaron Robbins Eliminated in 22nd Place by Griffin Benger

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Griffin Benger raises from the cutoff to 105,000, Aaron Robbins moves all in from the big blind for 955,000, and Benger asks for a count before he calls with Ac Jh. Robbins turns over Kh 2c, and he’ll need to improve to stay alive.

The board comes Qh 8d 8s 3h Th, and Benger wins the pot with his ace to eliminate Robbins in 22nd place.

Griffin Benger  –  4,570,000  (91 bb)
Aaron Robbins  –  Out in 22nd Place  ($58,175)

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Mukul Pahuja vs. Griffin Benger

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Mukul Pahuja raises from the small blind to 135,000, and Griffin Benger calls from the big blind. The flop comes 10d 3c 2s, Pahuja bets 165,000, and Benger calls.

The turn is the 5d, and both players check. The river is the 8h, Pahuja bets 390,000, and Benger calls. Pahuja shows 9d 9h to win the pot, and Benger mucks.

Mukul Pahuja  –  8,450,000  (169 bb)
Griffin Benger  –  3,350,000  (67 bb)

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Leo Wolpert Eliminated in 23rd Place by Ray Qartomy

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Ray Qartomy min-raises under the gun to 100,000, and Leo Wolpert calls from the big blind. The flop comes 8d 7s 2d, and Wolpert moves all in for 230,000.

Qartomy calls with 7c 7d for a set of sevens, and Wolpert turns over Kc Jh for king high. Wolpert is drawing thin, needing a runner-runner jack-high straight to stay alive.

The turn is the 9d, giving Wolpert outs to a ten, but the river card is the 6h, and Qartomy wins the pot with his set of sevens. Wolpert is eliminated in 23rd place.

Ray Qartomy  –  2,000,000  (40 bb)
Leo Wolpert  –  Out in 23rd Place  ($58,175)

 

 

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Aaron Schaaf Eliminated in 24th Place by Samuel Guilabert

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Samuel Guilabert min-raises from the small blind to 100,000, Aaron Schaaf moves all in from the big blind for 930,000, and Guilabert calls with Ad Qh. Schaaf turns over Ah Jd, and he’s dominated as he faces elimination.

The board comes As Jh 7d Qs 8d — Schaaf pairs his jack on the flop to take the lead with two pair, only to see Guilabert catch a queen on the turn to win with a better two pair, aces and queens. Schaaf is eliminated in 24th place.

Samuel Guilabert  –  2,200,000  (44 bb)
Aaron Schaaf  –  Out in 24th Place  ($58,175)